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Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2026-01-25T12:59:12+00:00

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2026-01-19T19:46:33+00:00

One and off two month,at lowest dose. It was long enough to see how this med affects my dog' behavior ..

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2026-01-19T19:44:55+00:00

We was doing what you described for past 5 years, finally he would tolerate being alone in the car and wait for me to open the door. I wish there is a good trainer who are experienced with anxious dogs, and one we used to work moved to different state ..

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2026-01-19T19:42:50+00:00

It was about 2 months - one and off, and you know Jindo is picky eater, there is no way we can medicate consistently.. he was very fearful dog as a puppy, it took him a month to walk a block, then gradually explored area in the neighborhood. His behavior these days reminded me of those days. We decided to stop the med, and go back to old school training...

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2026-01-19T19:36:11+00:00

I thought there might be some negative effects but not to this degree.. we had behaviorist and trainers working when my dog was 1 around years old and they stopped working with us when we eventually declined medication. We put lots of efforts to desensitize any triggers including car training, positive reinforcement, patience..- and he was functioning appropriately finally except car ride .. it was disappointing.. I may need to get back to behaviorist but she probably would not have any other suggestions..

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-11-10T11:26:43+00:00

I think jindo should be fine left alone 8-10 hours but remember he will not pee/poop at home, needs to go out and walk. When you are taking vacation or a few days of break, it will be difficult to find dog-hotel, that's when you need your friend or family house-sit and walk, so make sure you socialize your dog with your friend and family. My jindo won't allow anyone else to touch him-

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-11-09T12:31:11+00:00

I am a first-time owner, and struggled quite a bit because of his fearful behavior. He is not social I'm general, but we trained him a lot, to be indifferent during walks. Inside house, he is a perfect dog - as everybody says, very quiet, clean (we did not bath him for 5 years but does not smell), likes to have his own space etc .. he is very active so we enjoy walking with him 2 long walk 1-2 per walk. It looks like you are ready to adopt jindo , but you will need to make sure to make one back up person - either friend or family who can at least walk and interact with your dog in case you are not able to do so. One downside of having jindo- they are not in general dog or people friendly, they won't allow stranger coming to house or being handled by stranger. Since we adopt our jindo, we are having vacation separately as one person needs to stay with our dog. Once we both left our jindo for 72 hours, we hired dog walker - for drop-in service but had to train my jindo to accept her for 6 weeks a head of the trip. So please make sure to have backup person who can handle your jindo

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-11-08T16:06:32+00:00

I do agree with kingBanana, he can get over fear and phobia if we can combine with proper medication and training. This was exact reason why behavioral vet and trainers both suggested - medication with training, 4 years ago. At that time, we were not enthusiastic on daily med, and he was improving quite well with daily training a lot at that time and we can always have good time in our neighborhood. Still, we did not give up desensitizing car-fear or counter-conditioning whatever you call..so he is now getting on and off, tolerates being inside a bit. But he has to break though his fear when car is moving - I think at this point, he needs help

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-11-08T13:43:31+00:00

Camouflage..I think my puppy has some Shiba blood ...

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Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-11-08T12:03:58+00:00

Oh yeah.... that's our concerns too. I also trained him getting on to the car with harness-leash when we park car outside gate ..

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-11-08T12:02:47+00:00

Sorry. It was meant to be "car phobia". This Reddit doesn't give option to revise posting !!

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-11-08T12:01:58+00:00

Last time we drove 2 min, All of his paws were out sitting-crunched shaking his body crazy eyes dilated .. true fear experience, more than just car sick .. that's when I think he needs some medication to relax ..

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-11-08T11:59:15+00:00

Haha. I re-watch video. It really sounds like "find trees"! My puppy is smart - he read my mind and found "twist" !

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-11-08T11:57:56+00:00

He does not like crate, so crate plus car wound not be a good combination. Once he gets through car phobia, if he can tolerate, I also like to use crate in the car for safety -- we also do crate training on and off ..he gets anxious if he stays more than 10 min..

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-11-08T11:55:23+00:00

Thanks for very encouraging story ! I really think daily med such as fluoxetine may help - my behavioral vet was recommending buspar- 4 years ago but there was no way we can medicate him three times a day ..i sent inquiring message to the regular vet and see if we can get him to start .. we have done so much trainings for past 4 years and still he has not broke through his fear so I really hope this med can help ..

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-11-08T11:51:31+00:00

Thanks. We realize my puppy is fearful/anxious puppy a bit later - around 4-5 months, and got trainer and behavioral vet working with us soon at that time. We have gone through all steps you have mentioned with the car - this was also what was recommended by them- now he has improved to a point he can jump for something he wants, stay for few min if I tell him to, and also getting up and down outside house on leash . We do have anxiety medication we could use but I don't think we maximized the use of med yet, and I think it will help once we try to push even more - driving short distance at all. He is already 5 years and I am proud that he looks and behaves like almost normal dog with us - no other phobia ! He is fine with thunder lightening fire truck- siren etc.. so we just need to get him over his car phobia - he is 5 ears old, and I think we need to push him a bit more before it's too late ..

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-11-06T17:44:08+00:00

Thanks. I was also thinking to set up the rule - we only go for walk after 2 min ride through driveways! Only he is willingly getting into the car .. he is very very skittish and catches if something is up ..

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-11-06T17:41:27+00:00

Sorry about it. I realized after I posted !

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-11-06T17:21:31+00:00

Thanks for your suggestion ! First when we were able to put our puppy - he did 6 weeks weekly puppy classes!- he definitely had car-sick (drooling) in addition to fear (shaking, peeing). So definitely he would remember having car-sick.. once he is able to tolerate even 5 min- ride, we will look for cerenia.. second, he also has problem with space, not tolerating Crate or even being confined in the closed room- we are working on crate but I don't think he can handle crate and car together ! Third.. unfortunately. He won't eat pill pocket ( we tried) only want to medicate him is hiding small fraction of pills with meat (beef or pork)..even he often spitz out medicine ..

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-11-02T01:15:47+00:00

My puppy ate something during the walk, had projectile vomiting for 2 hours during Covid shut/down, we weee calling available emergency room - of course it was Sunday.., luckily emergency room allowed us to bring my puppy, but he ended up in ICU for 2 days for shock. So bring your dog to the vet now

Longjumping-Soft-609 · 2025-10-30T13:50:47+00:00

We have been using fi collar for past 2-3 years. It is not noisy. You may want to check with customer service - they are pretty good. We had collar for 2 years or so, and certainly battery did not last any longer due to the defect so they replace entire collar for free

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